Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chisel

3 senses of chisel

Sense 1
cheat, chisel -- (engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?")
       => deceive, lead on, delude, cozen -- (be false to; be dishonest with)

Sense 2
cheat, rip off, chisel -- (deprive somebody of something by deceit; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money")
       => victimize, victimise -- (make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man")

Sense 3
chisel -- (carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble")
       => carve, chip at -- (engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface; "carve one's name into the bark")

Antonyms of adj chiseled

1 sense of chiseled

Sense 1
chiseled, well-defined -- (having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges; "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features")

INDIRECT (VIA distinct) -> indistinct -- (not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do")

Similarity of adj chiseled

1 sense of chiseled

Sense 1
chiseled, well-defined -- (having a clean and distinct outline as if precisely cut along the edges; "a finely chiseled nose"; "well-defined features")
       => distinct (vs. indistinct) -- (easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints")